Progression in extreme sports is always a journey. You think you have reached your plateau and yet you arrive at another mountain. I guess we chase the thrill of summiting the mountain and secretly hope the next mountain challenges us even more. Are we all chasing our potential? Sometimes, yes. Other times, the hike, assessment of weather conditions, the jump &  landing safely all create a unique, personal experience of self-actualization. I fly because I love it. Through in and through out. Similar to the old powder hound trekking for fresh tracks and untouched lines. We fly because it makes us feel whole. This year, I have lost quite a few friends in the community to accidents. Even with tragedy, I still hold on to my love of wingsuit flying. There is something about it I can’t… I won’t give up. Try explaining to this your dad Anyways, while the rest of the world is oblivious, judgmental or just plain angry about dark times, we have to keep spreading the stoke. You don’t quit living because you lost someone or many. I know my friends wouldn’t want that. Each and every one of them taught me to be kind, be strong, and be stoked!

Blue Skies, this video is dedicated to Matt, Rami, JVH, Brandon Jackson, Dario, Chris La Bounty, Gage Galle, Kat Donahue, Uli, Alex Poli. Thank you for being my friends, and inspiring me to be a better human

It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged on the coolest site ever.  Spread Stoke embodies exactly the type of flying I like to do.

Since January, I’ve been flying a new wingsuit, the Aura from Squirrel. It has opened the world’s most amazing cliffs that are only flyable with a certain type of suit. I trained all year skydiving and in BASE  with some of the most experienced pilots in the world. I spent the end of the summer hiking in Switzerland, Italy and France. I learned so much in 5 weeks  flying off legal cliffs. This is why so many of us save all year to travel to the alps to fly, because we are welcomed there as long as we obtain the proper insurance and landing cards from the locals.

It’s amazing to travel through different countries, hike the tallest mountain and fly down to your car. I am so grateful to explore the world through human flight.

This is an edit of some of my wingsuit jumps in Europe

Thank you Scotty, Pat, Jeremy, Hart, Eric, Ellen, Laurent, Roberta, Dieter, Carson, Matt & Iza dog for sharing these wonderful experiences with me. Spread the stoke on mountain flying!!!!!

A trip to Northern Wyoming taught me to me fly. Check out the edit here!

Thanks to
North Kiteboarding
3B Extreme
Discrete
Gnarly Nutrition
Dakine
Smith
Spreadstoke
Sandmarc
Exult kitewaer
Goal Zero

It’s finally fall break at the University of Utah!!  I am spending my week down in St. George, Utah.  Today was filled with about 3 hours of flying with 17+ touch and goes.  If you are wondering, I am working on my private pilot’s license.  Maybe I will solo before the week is up??  Anyway, this is the first time I have ever been a Pilot in Command outside of Michigan.  Flying in Utah is different from flying in Michigan.  For one, there are major terrain differences between the two states mainly that Utah has mountains and is higher elevation.  Well, I don’t know about you but I am excited for the week to come!